I saw this post on my friend’s blog, who also happens to be a photographer.  Her name is Karen and I adore her.  :)  She has become my partner in crime in many ways and I adore her for it.  She just gets me and I get her, which is so cool, especially since we share a common love for photography.  Anyway- she recently attended Make Things Happen in Maui with the ever-fabulous Lara Casey, which inspired her 101 Things in 1001 Days.  Now, if you know me, you know that I am a list maker and I find sweet gratification in crossing items off my list.  Call me crazy, but I seriously get giddy about it!  :)  Given that this is Big Kahuna of lists- I was on board at #1.  So… here is my very own list of goals/dreams/hopes for the 1001 days.

1. Go to San Francisco.  I have been dreaming of this for many, many years.  I want to absorb it in every imaginable way.

2. Spend a week with my hubby and kids with no phones, internet or agendas.

3. Re-enact a famous image (that I am keeping secret) with own personal spin on it.

4. Put my hands in Marilyn Monroes’s at Mann’s Chinese Theater.

5. Visit Marilyn Monroe’s crypt and leave her white roses.

6. Visit Forks, Washington and totally be a Twilight geek- if only for a day or two.  :)

7. Finally make the drive to Canada, and stop talking about it.

8. Grow my hair out at least 6 inches past my shoulders.

9. Take a cruise with my hubby.

10. Purchase a Canon 5D Mark II.

11. Attend a Jasmine Star Workshop.

12. Have a photo shoot on a pier in San Francisco.

13. Wear makeup 7 days in a row, with no complaints.

14. Go to an NFL game- preferably where the Saints or Eagles are playing.

15. Photograph a wedding in Napa Valley.

16. Have a Marilyn Monroe & Audrey Hepburn marathon movie weekend.

17. Learn how to make my grandma’s amazing pie crust. (It’s to DIE for!!)

18. Play more cards with my daughter- who could play for hours on end.

19. Take the kids to Great Wolf water park.

20. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.

21. Go to New York City.

22. Stand in the middle of Central Park and just be.

23. Meet Promise Tangeman.

24. Learn how to sew.

25. Buy a sparrow necklace.

26. Treat myself to a pedicure at least every other month.

27. Blog 4 times a week (at least).

28. Spend more time dancing with my kids.

29. Photograph a vintage inspired wedding.

30. Buy an old truck, because I am obsessed with them.

31. Write and complete my novel, even if it never gets published.

32. Go on more dates with my hubby.

33. Go on more dates with my kids.

34. Spend a weekend alone at the coast to reflect, write, and explore.

35. See Angus & Julia Stone in concert.

36. Meet John Mayer.  (I know, I know, it’s far fetched- but I’m hoping!)

37. Read all of Jane Austen’s books.

38. Start sketching and painting again.

39. Decorate my walls, which are rather bare at the moment.

40. Help Cole (my son) make his movie.

41. Take my dad and grandma to Vegas- as neither of them have ever been.

42. Commit to vlog posts at least once a week.

43. Get an Epiphanie bag.

44. Photograph a wedding at Zenith Vineyard.

45. Go back to Maui with the hubby and kids.

46. Learn to surf.

47. Do a Day-After photo session in the rain.

48. Do a Day-After session somewhere tropical.

49. See Proxy Falls.

50. Swim with dolphins.

51. See Crater Lake (not from a plane).

52. Go to Ground Zero and have a moment of silence.

53. Play on a volleyball team again.

54. Have an office space solely dedicated to my business.

55. Buy a pair of cowboy boots.

56. See Venice, Italy.

57. Go to Australia.

58. FInd a photograph a real life snowflake.

59. Swim under the stars.

60. Get family portraits done. Like, today!

61. Enroll my daughter in dance class.

62. Sign my son up for drum lessons.

63. Spend a weekend away with my hubby, spontaneously.

64. Photograph an old school aviator shoot- inspired by a fabulous spread in Harper’s Bazaar.

65. Experience Washington D.C.

66. Buy a 4Runner.

67. Do a photo session at a carnival.

68. Photograph a wedding somewhere tropical.

69. Rent a cabana by the sea for one full day.

70. Host a successful workshop for photographers surrounding senior portraits.

71. Go to WPPI.

72. Do a photo shoot in Time Square.

73. Buy a fabulous bedroom set.

74. Get large canvas prints of my kiddos.

75. Take my kids to the park twice a week from May to October.

76. Meet Justin & Mary Marantz.

77. Put into action the new program I have for my senior reps.

78. Tweet more.

79. Take the time to enjoy more movies.

80. Attend another John Mayer concert. (Already been to 3!)

81. See Andrew Belle in concert.

82. See the Kings of Leon in concert.

83. Inspire someone to become a photographer.

84. Inspire someone to become a writer.

85. Read the Bible from start to finish.

86. Experience Disneyland with my hubby and kids (my hubby is the only one who has been there!)

87. Spend 2 weeks RVing with my family.

88. Photograph all of the waterfalls in Oregon.

89. Do the photo session at JBF with my friend, Kacy- she knows what I mean! :)

90. See a real life tornado.  Don’t ask me why.

91. Lay in the grass for hours, imagining shapes in the clouds with my kids.

92. Photograph every sunset for one whole summer.

93. Have a guilt-free shopping spree.

94. Have a fancy tea party with my daughter.

95. Take my son to the Experience Music Project again.

96. Have an 80’s party.  Complete with leg warmers and big hair.

97. Outsource every wedding for editing.

98. Go to Brush Fire and make a family set of dishes (each member creates their own plates, bowls & cups)

99. Revisit all of the places my hubby and I went on our honeymoon.

100. Reach for the stars.

101. Live. Out loud.